Ashville, South Australia
| Ashville South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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  Ashville | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°31′S 139°22′E / 35.51°S 139.37°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 28 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5259 | ||||||||||||||
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| State electorate(s) | Hammond | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Barker | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | [2] | ||||||||||||||
Ashville is a locality in South Australia along the Princes Highway between Tailem Bend and Meningie.
The locality is named after George Ash, who was a member of the South Australian Legislative Assembly in the 1890s and a business partner of Charles Cameron Kingston.[2]
In 1913, the district population was 80 people.[3]
A school at Ashville opened in 1895 and closed in 1959.[4] A school hall built of stone opened in December 1918 to serve the purposes of "...the education of the children, a place of meeting and wholesome recreation for the young people, and a place of worship" at a cost of £600.[5] It benefited the people of Ashville, Poltalloch and Albert Hill. The debt was still being paid off in 1920.[6]
The Ashville Memorial Hall[7] was "erected in memory of those who served".[8] An appeal for funds following World War II included a gala country fair in 1949 at Poltalloch.[9] The building now houses an art gallery and antique shop.[10]
References[edit]
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Ashville (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ a b "Placename Details: Ashville". Property Location Browser Report. Government of South Australia. 10 May 2006. SA0003440. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
- ^ "DISTRICT DIRECTORY". Southern Argus. Vol. XLV, no. 3, 379. South Australia. 8 May 1913. p. 4. Retrieved 7 February 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Place Names of South Australia – A". The Manning Index of South Australian History. State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
- ^ "THE COUNTRY". The Advertiser. Vol. LXI, no. 18, 785. Adelaide. 28 December 1918. p. 9. Retrieved 7 February 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "THE BEER BOYCOTT". The Chronicle. Vol. LXII, no. 3, 221. Adelaide. 15 May 1920. p. 10. Retrieved 7 February 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Ashville Memorial Hall*". Virtual War Memorial. RSL. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
- ^ Ashville Memorial Hall, retrieved 7 February 2018
- ^ "GALA DAY AND COUNTRY FAIR". The Times and Northern Advertiser, Peterborough, South Australia. 4 November 1949. p. 7. Retrieved 7 February 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Coorong's old halls become art galleries". The Murray Valley Standard. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
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